The following are selected publications by:

Stephen G. Monismith

Monismith, S.G. , "Wind forced motions in stratified lakes and their effects on mixed-layer shear," Limnology and Oceanography, 30 (4), pp. 771-783, 1985. (pdf)

Monismith, S.G., "An experimental study of the upwelling response of stratified reservoirs to shear stress," J. Fluid Mech., 171 , pp. 407-439, 1986. (pdf)

Monismith, S.G., "The modal response of reservoirs to wind stress," J. Hydr. Div., ASCE, 110 (HY10), pp 1290-1326, 1987.

Maxworthy, T. and Monismith, S.G., "Differential mixing in stratified fluids," J. Fluid Mech. , 189 , pp. 571-598, 1988. (pdf)

Monismith, S.G., Imberger, J. and Billi, G., "Shear-waves and unsteady selective withdrawal," J. Hydr. Div., ASCE,   114 (HY9), pp 1134-1152, 1988.

Monismith, S.G. and Maxworthy, T., "Selective withdrawal and spin-up of a rotating, stratified fluid," J. Fluid Mech. , 199 , pp. 377-401, 1989. (pdf)

Monismith, S.G., Koseff, J.R., Thompson, J.K., O'Riordan, C.A., and Nepf, H.M. "A study of model bivalve siphonal currents," Limnology and Oceanography,   35 , pp. 376-392, 1990.

Monismith, S.G., Imberger, J., and Morison, M.L. "Convective motions in the sidearm of a small reservoir," Limnology and Oceanography, 35(8), 1990, 1676-1702. (pdf)

Monismith, S.G. and Imberger, J., and Morrissey, T. "Horizontal convection in the sidearm of a small reservoir," Limnology and Oceanography, 35 , pp. 1676-1702, 1990.

Nepf, H.M. and Monismith, S.G. "Experimental study of wave-induced longitudinal vortices," J. Hydr. Div., ASCE, 117 (HY12), pp. 1639-1649, 1991.

Koseff, J.R., Holen,   J.K., Monismith, S.G., and Cloern, J.E., "The effects of vertical mixing and benthic grazing on phytoplankton populations in shallow turbid estuaries,"   J. Marine Res. , 51 (4), pp. 1-26, 1993.

Koseff, J.R., Holen, J.K., Monismith, S.G. and Cloern, J.E., "Coupled effects of vertical mixing and benthic grazing on phytoplankton populations in shallow turbid estuaries," J Marine Res., 51, pp. 843-868, 1993. (pdf)

Lin, C.L., Ferziger, J.H., Koseff, J.R., and Monismith, S.G., "Simulation and stability of two-dimensional gravity waves in a stratified shear flow, "   Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans 38 (8), pp. 1712-1729, 1993.

Monismith, S.G., McDonald, N.R., and Imberger, J. "Axisymmetric selective withdrawal in a rotating stratified fluid," J. Fluid Mech. 249, pp. 287-305, 1993. (pdf)

O'Riordan, C.A., Monismith, S.G., and Koseff, J.R., " An experimental study of concentration boundary layer formation over bivalve assemblages, " Limnology and Oceanography 38 (8), pp. 1712-1729, 1993.

Nepf, H.M., and Monismith, S.G., "Wave dispersion on a sheared current," Applied Ocean Research 16 , pp.313-315, 1994.

Jassby, A.D., Kimmerer, W.M., Monismith, S.G., Armor, C., Cloern J.E., Powell, T.M., Schubel, J. and Vendlinski, T., "Isohaline position as a habitat indicator for estuarine resources: San Francisco Bay-Delta, California, U.S.A.," Ecological Applications. 5 , pp. 273-289, 1995. (pdf)

O'Riordan, C.A., Monismith, S.G., and Koseff, J.R., "The effect of bivalve excurrent jet dynamics on mass transfer in a benthic boundary layer ," Limnology and Oceanography, 40 , pp. 330-344, 1995. (pdf)

Nepf, H.M., E.A. Cowen, S.J. Kimmel, S.G. Monismith, "Longitudinal vortices beneath breaking waves," J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 100 , p16211-16221, 1995.

ASCE Task Committee on Hydraulic Engineering Research Advocacy, "Environmental Hydraulics: New Research Directions for the 21st Century," J of Hydraulic Engineering, April 1996, pp. 180-183. (pdf)

Monismith, S.G., Burau, J. and M. Stacey, "Stratification Dynamics and Gravitational Circulation in Northern San Francisco Bay" in San Francisco Bay: The Ecosystem , ed. T. Hollibaugh, pp. 123-153, AAAS, 1996. (pdf)

Jassby, A.D.,   Koseff, J.R., and Monismith, S.G. "Processes underlying phytoplankton variability in San Francisco Bay," in San Francisco Bay: The Ecosystem , ed. T. Hollibaugh, pp. 325-349, AAAS, 1996.

Briggs, D.A., Ferziger, J.H., J.R. Koseff, and S.G. Monismith, "Entrainment in a shear-free turbulent mixing layer," J. Fluid Mech. 310 , pp. 215-241, 1996.

Monismith, S.G. and D.A. Fong, "A simple model of mixing in stratified tidal flows,"   J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans) 101 , pp. 28583-28597, 1996. (pdf)

O'Riordan, C.A., Monismith, S.G., and Koseff, J.R., "The effects of near-bed hydrodynamics on model bivalve filtration rates," Arch. Hydrobiol. Spec. Issues Advanc. Limnol.   47 , pp. 247-254, 1996.

Cowen, E.A. and S.G. Monismith, "An hybrid digital particle tracking velocimetry technique," Experiments in Fluids , 22 , pp. 199-211, 1997. (pdf)

Garg, R.P., J.H. Ferziger, and S.G. Monismith, "Hybrid spectral finite difference simulations of stratified turbulent flows on distributed memory architectures," Internat. J. Num. Methods in Fluids. 24 , pp 1129-1158, 1997. (pdf)

Briggs, D.A., Ferziger, J.H., J.R. Koseff, and S.G. Monismith, (1997) "Entrainment in a shear-free, stably stratified turbulent mixing layer," J. Fluid Mech. , 354 , p. 175-208

Lucas, L., J.E. Cloern , J.R. Koseff, S.G. Monismith, and J.K. Thompson "Does the Svedrup critical depth model explain blooms in the coastal zone?"   J. Marine Res. , 56 , pp. 375-415, 1998 (pdf)

Lin, C-L., Koseff, J.R., Ferziger, J.H., and Monismith, S.G., 1998 "Direct Numerical Simulation of Wave-Mean Flow and Wave-Wave Interactions: A Brief Perspective", IUTAM Symposium on Physical Limnology , ed. J. Imberger, AGU Monograph, , pp. 271-284, 1998.

Monismith, S.G. and J.M. Magnaudet, 1998 "On wavy mean flows, strain, turbulence and Langmuir cells," , IUTAM Symposium on Physical Limnology,   ed. J. Imberger, AGU Monograph,   pp. 101-110, 1998.

Gross, E.S., Koseff, J.R. Koseff, and S.G. Monismith, "Evaluation of advective schemes for estuarine salinity simulations,"   J. Hyd. Div. ASCE , 125(1), pp.   32-46, 1999. (pdf)

Gross, E.S., Koseff, J.R. Koseff, and S.G. Monismith, "Three-dimensional salinity simulations in South San Francisco Bay,"   J. Hyd. Div. ASCE , 125(11), pp. 1199-1209, 1999. (pdf)

Lucas, L., J.E. Cloern , J.R. Koseff, S.G. Monismith, and J.K. Thompson 1999 "Processes governing phytoplankton blooms in estuaries: Part I: The local production-loss balance"   Mar Ecol. Prog. Ser .186, pp.1-15, 1999. (pdf)

Lucas, L., J.E. Cloern , J.R. Koseff, S.G. Monismith, and J.K. Thompson 1999,   "Processes governing phytoplankton blooms in estuaries: Part II: The role of transport in global dynamics"    Mar Ecol. Prog. Ser . 186, pp.17-30, 1999. (pdf)

Stacey, M.T., S.G. Monismith, and J.R. Burau, 1999 "Observations of turbulence in a partially stratified estuary," J. Phys. Oceanog. 29 pp. 1950-1970, 1999. (pdf)

Stacey, M.T., S.G. Monismith, and J.R. Burau, "Measurements of Reynolds stress profiles in unstratified tidal flow," J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans) , 104 (C5) pp. 10933-10949, 1999.

Stacey, M.T.,E.A. Cowen, T.M. Powell, E. Dobbins, E., S.G. Monismith, and J.R.Koseff, "Plume dispersion in a stratified, near-coastal flow: measurements and modeling," Cont. Shelf Res., 20, pp.637-663, 2000. (pdf)

Garg, R.P, J.H. Ferziger, S.G. Monismith and J.R. Koseff, "Stably stratified channel flows. I Stratification regimes and turbulence suppression mechanism," Phys. Fluids. 12(10), 2000. (pdf)

Stacey, M.T. J.R. Burau, S.G. Monismith "Creation of residual flows in a partially stratified estuary," J. Geophys. Res (Oceans) 106 (C4) pp. 17013-17038, 2001. (pdf)

Lacy, J. and S.G. Monismith,   "Secondary currents in a curved, stratified channel," J. Geophys. Res (Oceans) 106(C12): 31,283-31,302, 2001. (pdf)

Brennan, M.L., Schoellhamer, D.H., Burau, J.R. and Monismith, S.G.   "Tidal asymmetry and variability of cohesive sediment transport at a site in San Francisco Bay, California". In: INTERCOH-2000: Fine Sediment Dynamics in the Marine Environment / Ed. by J.C. Winterwerp, C. Kranenburg. Amsterdam u.a.: Elsevier (Proceedings in Marine   Science; 5), pp. 93-108, 2002.

Ferziger, J.H., J.R. Koseff, and S.G. Monismith. "Numerical simulation of geophysical turbulence," Computers and Fluids 31: 557-568, 2002 (pdf)

Genin, A., G. Yahel, M.A. Reidenbach, S.G. Monismith, and J.R. Koseff "Intense benthic grazing on phytoplankton in coral reefs revealed using the control volume approach," Oceanography , 15(2), pp. 90-97, 2002. (pdf)

Monismith, S.G., W. Kimmerer, M.T. Stacey, and J.R. Burau. "Structure and Flow-Induced Variability of   the Subtidal Salinity Field   in Northern San Francisco Bay" J. Phys. Ocean , 32(11): 3003-3019, 2002. (pdf)

Monsen, N.E., J.E Cloern, L.V. Lucas, and S.G. Monismith "A comment on the use of flushing time, residence time, and age as transport time scales," Limnol. Oceanog. 47(5), 1543-1553, 2002. (pdf)

Rueda, F., S.G. Schladow, S.G. Monismith, and M.T. Stacey, "The internal dynamics of a large polymictic lake. Part I: Field observations." J. Hydraulic Eng. 129(2): 82-91, 2003. (pdf)

Lacy, J. R. and S.G. Monismith   "The interaction of lateral baroclinic forcing and turbulence in an estuary." J. Geophys. Res (Oceans) 108(C3) 10.1029/2001JC001105, 2003. (pdf)

Labiosa, R.G.,K.R. Arrigo, A Genin, S.G. Monismith, and G. van Dijken, "The interplay between upwelling and deep convective mixing in determining the seasonal phytoplankton dynamics in the Gulf of Aqaba: Evidence from SeaWiFS and MODIS." Limnol. Ocean. 48 (6) 2355-2368, 2003. (pdf)

Bricker, J.D., Inagaki, S.and Monismith, S.G. "Bed Drag Coefficient Variability in a Tidal Estuary: Field measurements and Numerical Modeling", Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE , Vol.48, pp.1237-1242, 2004.

Fong, D.A., and S.G. Monismith, "Evaluation of the accuracy of a ship-mounted, bottom-tracking ADCP in a near-shore coastal flow," J, Atmos. Ocean. Tech. , 21 (7): 1121-1128, 2004. (pdf)

Monismith, S.G., and D.A. Fong, "A note on the transport of scalars and organisms by surface waves," Limnol. Ocean . 49 : 1214-1219, 2004 (pdf)

Monismith, S.G. and A. Genin "Tides and sea level in the Gulf of Aqaba (Eilat)" J. Geophys Res (Oceans) 109, C04015, doi:10.1029/2003JC002069, 2004 (pdf)

Boehm, A. B., Lluch-Cota, D.B., Davis, K. A., Winant, C. D., and Monismith, S. G. "Covariation of coastal water temperature and microbial pollution at interannual to tidal periods." Geophysical Research Letters . Vol. 31, L06309, doi:10.1029/2003GL019122, 2004.

Law, A K.W. Ho, W.F. and S.G. Monismith "Double diffusive effect on desalination discharges" ASCE J. Hyd Eng 130(5), pp. 450-457, 2004. (pdf)

Holzman, R., R.Yahel, G.Yahel, M.A. Reidenbach, S.G. Monismith, J.R. Koseff and A. Genin. "Near-bottom depletion of zooplankton over a coral reef: bottom avoidance or actual predation?" Coral Reefs 24:87-94, 2005 (pdf)

Rueda, F., S.G. Schladow, S.G. Monismith, and M.T. Stacey, "On the effects of topography on wind and the generation of currents in a large multi-basin lake," Hydrobiologica 532(1) 139-151, 2005.

Lowe, R.J., J.L. Falter, M.D. Bandet, G. Pawlak, M.J. Atkinson, S.G. Monismith, and J.R. Koseff, Spectral wave dissipation over a barrier reef," J. Geophys. Res . 110, C04001,   doi:10.1029/2004JC002711, 2005. (pdf)

Bricker, J.D., S. Inagaki, and S. G. Monismith. "Bed drag coefficient variability under wind waves in a tidal estuary, ASCE J. Hyd Eng , 131(6), pp. 497-508, 2005. (pdf)

Lowe, R.J., J.R. Koseff, and S.G. Monismith,, "Oscillatory flow through submerged canopies. Part 1. Velocity structure " J. Geophys. Res . 110, doi: 10.1029/2004JC002788, 2005. (pdf)

Lowe, R.J., S.G. Monismith, J.R. Koseff, and J. Falter, "Oscillatory flow through submerged canopies. Part 2. Canopy mass transfer " J. Geophys. Res . 110, doi: 10.1029/2004JC002789, 2005. (pdf)

Horner-Devine, A.R., D.A. Fong, S.G. Monismith, and T. Maxworthy, "Laboratory experiments simulating a coastal river inflow,"   J. Fluid Mech.   555, pp. 203-232, 2006. (pdf)

Crimaldi, J. P., J.R. Koseff, and S.G. Monismith, "A mixing-length formulation for the turbulent Prandtly number in wall-bounded flows with bed roughness and elevated scalar sources,   Phys. Fluids 18 , 095102 (2006). (pdf)

McDonald, C.B., J R Koseff, S G Monismith "Effects of the depth to coral height ratio on drag coefficients for unidirectional flow over coral: a reconciliation of current data." Limnol. Oceanog. 51(3), pp. 1294-1301, 2006. (pdf)

Monismith, S.G., A, Genin, M.A. Reidenbach, G. Yahel, and J.R. Koseff, " Thermally driven exchanges between a coral reef and the adjoining ocean,"   J. Phys. Ocean. , 36(7), pp. 1332-1347, 2006. (pdf)

Reidenbach, M.A., J.R. Koseff, S.G. Monismith, J.V. Steinbuck, and A, Genin, "Effects of waves, unidirectional currents, and morphology on mass transfer in branched reef corals", Limnol. Oceanog 51(2), pp. 1134-1141, 2006.

Shellenbarger, G. G., S.G. Monismith, A. Genin and A. Paytan. " The importance of submarine groundwater discharge to the near shore nutrient supply in the Gulf of Aqaba (Israel)," Limnol. Oceanog 51(4), pp. 1876-1886, 2006. (pdf)

Simons, R.D., S.G. Monismith, L.E. Johnson, G. Winkler, F.J. Saucier, "Zooplankton retention in the estuarine transition zone of the St. Lawrence Estuary," Limnol. Oceanography, 51(6), 2006, 2621-2631. (pdf)

Falter J.L., Atkinson M.J., Fleming J.H., Bos M.M., Lowe R.J., Koseff J.R., Monismith S.G.   "A new mesocosm for simulating the effects of wave-driven water motion on the biogeochemistry of benthic reef communities." Limnol. Oceanogr. Methods, 4, pp. 68-79, 2006.

Reidenbach, M.A., S.G. Monismith, J.R. Koseff, G. Yahel , and A, Genin, "Boundary layer turbulence and flow structure over a fringing coral reef", Limnol. Oceanog 51(5): pp. 1956-1968, 2006. (pdf)

Reidenbach, M.A., J.R. Koseff, S.G. Monismith, and J.V. Steinbuck, "The effects of waves and morphology on mass transfer within branched reef corals," Limnol. Oceanography, 51 (2), 2006, 1134-1141. (pdf)

Simons, R., S. Monismith, F. Saucier, L. Johnson, and G. Winkler, "Zooplankton Retention in the Estuarine Transition Zone of the St. Lawrence Estuary", Limnol. Oceanog. 51(6), 2621-2631, 2007.

Falter J.L., M. Atkinson , R.J. Lowe, S.G. Monismith, and J.R. Koseff   "Effects of non-local turbulence on the mass transfer of dissolved species to reef corals" Limnol. Oceanogr.   52(1), pp. 274-285.

Lowe, R. J.L. Falter, J.R. Koseff, S.G. Monismith, and M. Atkinson , "Spectral wave flow attenuation within submerged canopies: implications for wave energy dissipation," J. Geophys. Res 112, C05018, doi:10.1029/2006JC003605, 2007. (pdf)

Rosman, J., J.R. Koseff, S.G. Monismith, and J. Grover, "A field investigation into the effects of a kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera) on coastal hydrodynamics and transport," ," J. Geophys. Res. , 112, C02016, doi:10.1029/2005JC003430, 2007 (pdf)

Monismith, S., H. Nepf, E.A. Cowen, L. Thais, and J. Magnaudet, "Laboratory observations of mean flows under surface gravity waves," J. Fluid Mech 573, 131-147, 2007. (pdf)

Monismith, S.G. "Hydrodynamics of coral reefs" Ann Rev Fluid Mech. 39, pp. 37-55. 2007. (pdf)

Crimaldi, J. P., J.R. Koseff, and S.G. Monismith, "Structure of mass and momentum fields over a model aggregation of benthic filter feeders", Biogeosciences 4, 269-282, 2007. (pdf)

Bricker, J.D. and S.G. Monismith, "Spectral wave-turbulence decomposition", J. Atmos Tech . (in press)

Gaylord, B, J. H. Rosman, D. Reed, J.R. Koseff, J. Fram, S. MacIntyre, K. Arkema, C. McDonald, J. L. Largier, M. A. Brzezinski, P. T. Raimondi, S. G. Monismith, and B. Mardian, "Spatial patterns of flow and their modification within and around a giant kelp forest," "" Limnol. Oceanogr. (in press)

Reidenbach, M.A., , J.R. Koseff and S.G. Monismith "Laboratory experiments of fine-scale mixing and mass transport within a coral canopy" Physics of Fluids (in press) .

Rosman, J. H., J. L. Hench, J. R. Koseff, and S. G. Monismith. "Extracting Reynolds stresses from acoustic Doppler current profiler measurements in wave-dominated environments" J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech . (in press)

Jones, N.L. and S.G Monismith, "Measuring short-period wind waves in a tidally forced environment with a subsurface pressure gauge," Limnol. Ocean. Methods (submitted)

Jones, N.L. and S.G. Monismith Modeling the influence of wave enhanced turbulence in a shallow tide-and wind-driven water column, " J. Geophys. Res. (submitted)

Jones, N.L. and S.G Monismith, "The influence of whitecapping waves on the vertical structure of turbulence in a shallow estuarine embayment," J. Phys. Ocean (submitted)

Lucas, L.V., J.R Koseff, S.G. Monismith, and J.K. Thompson, "Shallow water processes govern system-wide bloom dynamics. I: A modeling study", J. Mar Sys. (submitted)

J.K. Thompson, J.K., Lucas, L.V., J.R Koseff, S.G. Monismith, and L.V. Lucas, "Shallow water processes govern system-wide bloom dynamics. II. A Field Study", J. Mar Sys. (submitted)



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